Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work a little bit on David Graeber's new book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years. I've been a fan of David's for a while - I've read both Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology and Direct Action: An Ethnology, and though we've never met, he and I certainly have a lot of the same friends. Plus someone once called him the "foremost anthropologist of his generation," so when Melville House Books called and asked if I had some time for Debt,  I knew it was a book I could promote, especially because of the timeliness of talking about anything related to the economy. 

In Debt, David explains the concept of debt throughout human history — what it means and how it has functioned across time and culture. David gives a fascinating and much-needed perspective on this pressing global issue, as well as some thought-provoking ideas for the future. The Boston Globe called it, "A useful corrective to what passes for contemporary conversation about debt and the economy."

He's been getting loads of great press about it, and we were able to help him coordinate two great interviews. First was with KPFA's Against the Grain, one of my all time favorite radio magazines, and you can listen to the program here. 

David also appeared on Thom Hartmann's program, The Big Picture, part of their "Great Minds" segment. Here he is in action:

Part Two of the interview is here.

We have loads of things coming up, and I'll be posting early next week about a bunch of our fall tours.